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door when the latter is ajar. ,invention Aaims to reduce this space to a UNITED STA-'ggg i'rENr oFF-ICE.-

r'rnoinis M. BLACKWELL, or .BAsiC CITY, viseiNiA, AssieNoR or oNiiHALE ,fre C. n. LAMBERT, or wAY-Niisiidno, VIRGINIA.

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. Specification of Letters .Patent Patent-ed. be. S,"

Appiimian nieuwe 2o, isos. Aamm No'. $9,601.

To all 'whom it-may concern'.-

' Be it known that I, THOMAS M. BLACK- ,WEL'L, a citizen ofthe United States, residing This invention relates to hingesjand' has.'

for its object to provide a hinge adapted, to be secured in place without the use of screws, and to be so `applied to the connected parts that the opposed fiat surfaces f the latter willv come together squarely when the leaves are closed.

It is awell known fact that most hinges now in use especially with thoseapplied t0 doors that a considerable space exists between the door frame and hinged side of the The present minimum by so constructing and disposing the 4hinge upon the connected parts,.tliatv when the door is opened the edges of the latter and frame will meet.

Still another object is to provide a hinge exceedingly simple in structure, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and

that .may be readily applied to connect doors, lids for ,receptacles articles of furniture and other objects such vas an ordinary hinge is used toconnect.

' With these andother objects in view as will more fully hereinafter appear the present invention consists in certain novel details of construction and arra'n ement of parts hereinafter fully describe "illustrated in the accompanying drawings and particularly pointed out in the a pended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form pro ortion, size and minor details of the device may be made without de arting from the spirit or sacrificing any o the advantages cf the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is y a perspective view of'a portion of a door and casing having my improved hinge ap lied thereto. Fig; 2 lis a perspective view o the invention. ig. 3 is a sectional view taken through a door or casing showing the bed formed for the hinge leaves.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts throughout. In the`construction illustrated, the leaves :1 and 2 are preferably formed of suitable l Sheet metal and the opposed sides of each sufficient to leafarelat one endcut awaysoas te provide shoulders3 and 4 which form the inner ends of outwardly and inwardly curved portions constituting beads or ribs 5 and 6 thefunc` tion of which will aplpear later. The cutf away end of each lea vis curved outwardly and inwardly forming interlocking knuckles to receive the hinge pintle, the leaf 1 being -herein shown having an intermediate -cut.

provide the end knuckes -Zliand 8 and the leaf 2 having eut-'z away end yportionsto form an intermediate away portion so as to knuckle 9 adapted to fit between theend knuckles 7 and -8, so that when vthe 'pintle-l() has been inserted throughA the registering-''0l openings ofthe knuckles a complete hingeisf' formed as illustrated in Figs.' 1 and 2.

' 'When the hinge is to be applied to a door or casing as illustrated in Fig. 3, transverse` recesses 11, are formed in the opposed faces L Of the door and frame or other parts to 'be 'connected itbeing designed to 'have the depth of these recesses slightly greater than the thickness of the hinge leaf and the dise tance between the sides of said recesses su-ie cient to forni a snug fit for either-deaf. If desired theshoulde'rs 3 and 4`may be reduced to a cuttin edge, so that when the opposed sides of t e parts to be connected are brought together' the opening between the floors of the op osed recesses' will be ermit t e pintle and reduced portions` to e insertedl therein until .the shoulders 3 and 4 abut against the opposed outer ends of the recesses' by now covering the outer ends ofthe lugs 1n a we known mannerthe operation of driving the saine home may be readily performed, or if preferred the circular seats 12 may be formed .at the opposed ends of the recess so that when the opposed sides of the parts to be 'oined are brought together the hinge may e readily slipped into place.

It can be readily seen with the presentl construction that saggin ofthe swinging member will be practical y prevented since the weight will not be thrown upon a few screws and it is to be further observed that the parts may be readily detached by simply forcing the swinging member backward properly1 ke by means of which the leaves are held against `sliding from the connected part 1'. A single iec v5 which is provi ed' with a'knuoklafthe rear. face ofthe leafbeingJprovided With an in 'tegral bead orl rib forming an ,attaching means, and serving to prevent outward disl-acement ofthe nuckle. 2,.- A 'single pie 'leaf in the direction of the ce Ahinge' leaf having a v v'of saidjleaf being .turn

e hinge leaf, one endA ofV l 'THOMAS M BLACKWELL. Witnes'ses': v

,I J. FRANK WILLSON,

S, H. LAMBERT. 

